EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Vancouver Canucks have lost five games in a row. They've given up an alarming 17 goals over the last four games.
Now, the Canucks have to go to Rogers Place on Saturday night to face an Edmonton Oilers team that has made filling the net look easy of late. The Oilers have scored 14 times over their last two games.
The Canucks are reeling and Edmonton is scoring -- this matchup has the feeling of the 1980s, when the Oilers would regularly put up huge offensive numbers against the Canucks, when guys like Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri and Mark Messier were skating in orange and blue jerseys.